At the Theater

Many painters of all times and nationalities have shown their interest in depicting the theater for all social classes as a motif.

Muitos têm sido os pintores de todos os tempos e nacionalidades a preocuparem-se com o tema do teatro para todas as classes sociais.

Joos de Momper the younger (1564-1635)-‘the village market’-oil on canvas

Count Mikhail Alexandrovich von Zichy (1827-1906)-‘performance at the Bolshoi Theater on the occasion of the coronation of Emperor Alexander II-oil on canvas’

Théophile van Rysselberghe (1862-1926)-‘Madame Edmond Picard in her box at the Theater de la Monnaie’-oil on canvas

William Holyoake (1834-1894)-‘in the front row at the opera’-oil on canvas-1880    Glasgow-Museum

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845)-‘entrance to a free show at the Ambigu-Comique Theater’-oil on canvas-1819    Paris-Musée du Louvre